UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34039838
Edition:
Unabridged
ISBN:
9781609411930
Content:
" Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature. He is a fervent atheist, raised as a Christian, by a mother whose Jewish heritage was not revealed to him until her suicide. In other words, Christopher Hitchens contains multitudes. He sees all sides of an argument. And he believes the personal is political. This is the story of his life, lived large."
Content:
Rezension(1): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:Under any criteria, this is not a good reading--but listeners shouldn't let that deter them. Unlike more experienced audiobook narrators, author Christopher Hitchens reads his book haltingly, somewhat clumsily, with commas that sound like periods and paragraph breaks that are often imperceptible. Yet Hitchens's style, in some way, fits his content. This self-described hack journalist, polemicist, and contrarian looks over the first 60 years of his tumultuous life, and, with his usual brio, tells the tale of himself. Any fan of Hitchens's writing will appreciate hearing this story in his voice. What he misses in technique, he makes up in sensitivity as he delivers what is, after all, the story of an interesting and unique life. K.M. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine"
Note:
Auszeichnungen: The National Book Critics Circle:National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hörbuch
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/337891-Hitch22.wma
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/337891-Hitch22.mp3
URL:
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=48148546-9502-4613-A6F9-7D5A5E95641E&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
URL:
http://voebb.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=48148546-9502-4613-A6F9-7D5A5E95641E
Author information:
Hitchens, Christopher